Players' Newsletter - August 7, 2020
Travers Stakes
What a week!! Between JK getting to interview his idol on JK + 1, the return of Horseplayers' Happy Hour, and the debut of our new collaboration with our friends at Twinspires, we've produced a record amount of content for this Travers week.
Obviously, there is great action at Saratoga, especially in the three Grade 1s, but there's also a $295,000 mandatory payout in the Super High 5 pool at WO, with an already low 15 percent takeout. Look for advice on how to hit that from Drew Coatney on the blog and also from Jason Portuondo in his RacingPicks segment.
What else do you need to know? Speaking of Twinspires, their new offer with us for new customers is better than what you'll find elsewhere. New players can get a $200 free win bet if they use the promo code ITM200. Tell your friends and get involved.
MYWAYP,
PTF
RacingPicks Players’ Podcast - August 7, 2020
Brought to you by RacingPicks.com, your free source for great horse racing selections and offers. As usual, PTF is joined by a trio of guests:
The voice of the Kentucky Derby, Travis Stone, talks about all the graded stakes at Saratoga on Saturday.
Next up, Jason Portuondo of WO is here to talk about Saturday's Late Pick Four with an emphasis on the $295,000 mandatory payout in the Race 10 Super High 5.
Last but not least, Ron Flatter of VSIN and Horse Racing Nation drops to by talk about DMR graded stakes and take a look at Pool 7 of the Kentucky Derby Future pool.
Stronach 5 Podcast - August 7, 2020
PTF and JK cover the Stronach 5 sequence from Laurel Park and Gulfstream. It starts in race 6 from Laurel Park (post time 3:21 PM EST).
Lone Star-Stable Duel Standoff
From Sunday through Wednesday we are participating in the Lone Star-Stable Duel Standoff.
Four individual contests, $5 each – regular prizes PLUS Stable Duel-Lone Star swag.
There is also a BEAT SPENCER element. If you play in all four contests and finish ahead of ITM’s own Spencer Luginbuhl of Redboard Rewind, you get an entry into a freeroll contest for an additional $250. You get one entry for each time you finish ahead of Spencer. And remember you must play in all four contests to be eligible.
Over on the ITM blog, Drew will provide his usual insights on some of the action from Woodbine this weekend - A reminder that races 8-9-10 from Woodbine are part of the Cross Country Pick 5.
JK + 1 - EP 15 - Bob Baffert
JK + 1 returned in a big way this week. Nearly three hours of back and forth with Bob Baffert, timely ahead of the Travers (Uncle Chuck) and Test (Gamine). If ever there was a must listen episode, this is it.
Talk Racing to Me - Episode 17
Naomi was joined by Jack Sisterson, fresh off his Grade 1 victory last weekend and PTF closes out the show by discussing the upcoming stakes races on the Travers card.
Redboard Rewind - EP 46 - Marshall Gramm
Spencer welcomed Marshall Gramm of Ten Strike Racing to Redboard Rewind and they discussed a few of the races from the Whitney card. Marshall finished second in the Whitney Stakes Challenge over the weekend.
The Matt Bernier Show - Episode 26
Matt spent some time reviewing his Breeders’ Cup Classic Top 10 and welcomed horseplayers Peter Applebee and Jack Fain.
Make sure to check out Nick’s show every weekday. This week he covered some of the pandemic related changes to European racing, the safety of racetracks, among other things.
Sport BLX Webinar Replay
Learn about the Sport BLX offering and how to get involved with Travers Stakes and Kentucky Derby contender - Max Player
Ramon Dominguez: World-Class Jockey and World-Class Person - America’s Best Racing
On Racing: Unwelcomed Encore of a Sad Song - Bloodhorse
Jack Knowlton Diary: ‘Machine-like’ Tiz the Law Terrific Entering Travers - America’s Best Racing
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That’s it for this weeks’ edition. Make sure to subscribe to the ITM Network Podcasts and ‘may you win all your photos’